NewFind your real estate agent style: take the assessment
NookLocal

Northampton County Crime Rates & Safety

Official, public crime data for Northampton County, reported by local police departments to the FBI. We show it as a rate per 100,000 residents so towns of different sizes are comparable, with the years available and how much of the county was reporting. County- and municipality-level only, never a rating of an individual home, street, or person.

Looking for a home in Northampton County?

Search homes for sale in Northampton County

Northampton County reported crime, 2024

Offenses per 100,000 residents, from agencies covering about 84% of the county.

85 / 100k
Violent / 100k
896 / 100k
Property / 100k
2024
Data year
YearViolent / 100kProperty / 100kCounty reporting
2020135 / 100k798 / 100k70%
2023108 / 100k986 / 100k83%
202485 / 100k896 / 100k84%

Reported violent offenses per 100k were lower in 2024 than in 2023, and property offenses were lower. Years with sparse reporting are omitted. Pennsylvania switched crime-reporting systems in 2021 (SRS to NIBRS), so comparisons across that line are imperfect.

By municipality in Northampton County

Each figure comes from one police department's FBI reporting, for the latest year that department filed all 12 months. "Violent" is the FBI's count of murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault; simple assault is not included, which is why a small township can record a real zero. A zero here means the department reported all year and logged none of those offenses. A municipality can be missing for ordinary reasons: its department files partial or no monthly reports to the FBI, it shares a regional department, or it is covered by the State Police. Missing does not mean crime-free, small counts swing year to year, and departments classify assaults differently, so read these as context, not a verdict.

Rates are per 100,000 residents of each department’s jurisdiction and are shown only where at least 10 offenses were reported; below that, the cell states the count itself (“0 reported”, “Fewer than 10 reported”) so a small town’s handful of offenses never reads as a rate.

MunicipalityViolentPropertyYear
Bangor333 / 100k803 / 100k2024
Bethlehem Township72 / 100k1,159 / 100k2024
Bushkill Township126 / 100k414 / 100k2024
Colonial Regionalserves Bath Borough, Hanover Township, Lower Nazareth Township53 / 100k2,145 / 100k2024
East Bangor0 reportedFewer than 10 reported2024
Easton City196 / 100k1,194 / 100k2024
Forks TownshipFewer than 10 reported567 / 100k2024
Freemansburg0 reportedFewer than 10 reported2024
HellertownFewer than 10 reported589 / 100k2024
Lehigh TownshipFewer than 10 reported457 / 100k2024
Lower Saucon Township109 / 100k654 / 100k2024
Moore Township0 reported385 / 100k2024
NazarethFewer than 10 reported709 / 100k2024
North Catasauqua0 reported528 / 100k2024
NorthamptonFewer than 10 reported365 / 100k2024
Palmer TownshipFewer than 10 reported1,333 / 100k2024
Portland0 reportedFewer than 10 reported2023
Roseto0 reportedFewer than 10 reported2024
Slate Belt Regionalserves Pen Argyl Borough, Wind Gap Borough, Plainfield Township192 / 100k678 / 100k2024
Tatamy0 reportedFewer than 10 reported2024
Upper Nazareth TownshipFewer than 10 reported235 / 100k2024
Washington TownshipFewer than 10 reported582 / 100k2024
West Easton0 reportedFewer than 10 reported2024
WilsonFewer than 10 reported1,605 / 100k2024
Pennsylvania State PoliceOne combined figure for the municipalities that have no department of their own.63 / 100k755 / 100k2024

Northampton County: overdose context

County-level, not specific to any town, school, or home.

Northampton County recorded 41 drug-overdose deaths in 2024, down from 61 the prior year (peak of 93 in 2017). Recent years are provisional. Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health.

More on Northampton County

Weigh this alongside the rest of the local picture: the Northampton County property-tax breakdown, the school-district value matrix, and each district’s academics, attendance, and school-safety data.

Need an agent who gets you?

Our co-founder Carmen does a 1-on-1 needs analysis with you, then hand-picks a vetted local agent or lender. Free, no obligation. If you work with a partner we introduce, NookLocal may earn a referral fee from their broker.

Get Matched

Common questions

What is the crime rate in Northampton County, PA?

In 2024, police in Northampton County reported about 85 violent offenses and 896 property offenses per 100,000 residents, based on FBI UCR/NIBRS data covering roughly 84% of the county's population. Rates are reported offenses, which depend on how completely each police agency reports.

Where does this Northampton County crime data come from?

The FBI's Crime Data Explorer, which publishes the offense counts local and state police agencies report under the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) and National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) programs. We sum each agency's monthly reports into annual county and town totals and express them as a rate per 100,000 residents. We don't add a score or ranking of our own.

Does a lower crime rate mean a town is "safer"?

Not necessarily. A reported-crime rate reflects what police recorded and how completely an agency reports, not the experience of living somewhere. We publish the official numbers as context for families and intentionally do not rank towns or rate individual homes, streets, or neighborhoods.

Looking for a home in Northampton County?

Search homes for sale in Northampton County

Free Newsletter

The NookLocal Digest

We work hard to only send quality information in our newsletter. Sign up!

Unsubscribe any time. See our Privacy Policy.

These figures describe counties and municipalities, not individual homes or people. They are official public data and may be self-reported, lag by a year or more, or be underreported. They are context, not a safety rating. Crime counts reflect what police agencies reported and vary with reporting practices. Sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer (UCR/NIBRS), 2024; county overdose: Pennsylvania Department of Health. County reference population: U.S. Census 2020.